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DOJ Signals New Strategy For ‘Environmental Justice’

The Crime Report

The federal government intends to get tougher on corporate polluters that endanger “communities of color and low-income communities,” warns the head of the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD). Kim signaled that ENRD will “prioritize” prosecuting individuals who commit and profit from corporate malfeasance.

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A Question of Willfulness: The Trial of “Other” Officers in the Floyd Case Is No Slam Dunk

JonathanTurley

These officers will face the same underlying charge of denying Floyd his constitutional rights while acting under government authority. The law has been used in famous cases , including the Rodney King case in Los Angeles. Chauvin has already pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating Floyd’s civil rights. Neither is Chauvin.

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

Third-party funding is rather a new concept and was adapted by many legislations only recently due to the illegality of the doctrines of maintenance and champerty in common-law jurisdictions in the past. The concept of TPF, though accepted explicitly by the law of the land, has two sides to it similar to the way of a coin.

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State Hid Criminal Referrals of Other Chemists, Supervisors at Hinton Drug Lab for Years

The Crime Report

Haggan show the agency referred other Hinton chemists and supervisors to the state Attorney General for potential criminal prosecution. The reported conduct includes lying to police, misidentifying drug samples or certifying substances as illegal under state law—including a piece of a nut—when they were not drugs.